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Tim Walz: “700,000 other good paying clean energy jobs are killed by…”

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Governor Tim Walz Addresses California Democrats on Progressive Policies and Political Strategy

Published | Video Starts at 05:42

You and your kids and 11 million of our neighbors are going to be kicked off that vital lifeline. If you're a young person holding down a job making solar panels, your gig and 700,000 other good paying clean energy jobs are killed by this bill alone. So working people, we get the shaft. Somebody's got to benefit from it. And you know who it is. If any of you out there make 4 million a year, you're getting a $400,000 tax break. (05:42–05:53)

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